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What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Age: 82 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 3
Died: 1962
Died: August 26
Explorer
University Teacher
Gimli
Manitoba
Public
Falsehood
Use
Uses
Truth
Ethical
Marketing
Advertising
Falsehoods
Selling
Unethical
Difference
Deceive
Differences
Deceiving

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